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Stewart Robert Hinsley writes:
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| Googling tells me that the hybrid of B. vulgaris and B. thunbergii
| exists, and is called B. x ottawensis. You'll probably want to check it
| out yourself, but that doesn't seem to match the description of your
| plant.

Thanks very much. I will.

| Is the seedling of known provenance, or is it a volunteer? If the latter
| it could have been delivered by a bird, and have come from a
| considerable distance away.

A volunteer, but deciduous Berberis aren't commonly grown. I am
betting on the juvenile leaves of B. vulgaris being very different
from the adult ones, and the books not mentioning it.

| There's also a cross between B. vulgaris and M. aquifolium (x
| Mahoberberis neubertii).

It doesn't look right for that - i.e. it has NO Mahonia features.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.